Clubs and Organizations
Student Nurses Association (SNA)
Student Nurses Association (SNA) is a professional organization for nursing students that allows them to get involved professionally in the nursing field. It offers students the opportunity to develop the leadership skills that will help them throughout their career as a nurse. The purpose of this organization is to: 1) Bring together and mentor students preparing for initial licensure as baccalaureate prepared nurses; 2) Convey the standards and ethics of the nursing profession; 3) Promote development of the skills that students will need as responsible and accountable member of the nursing profession; 4) Advocate for high quality, evidence-based, affordable and accessible health care; 5) Advocate for and contribute to advances in nursing education; 6) Develop nursing students who are prepared to lead the profession in the future.
AUHS – SON Honors Society
The Honors Society was created to recognize the excellence and commitment the students at AUHS have towards education and in the field of nursing. It serves its students by facilitating professional growth through development, dissemination, and utilization of knowledge. The Honors Society serves as a link between the classroom and the nursing profession by advancing leadership and promoting roles that reach beyond the classroom setting based on a commitment to strengthening nursing. Programs and services encompass education, discipline, research, and Christianity through interaction with fellow peers and faculty.
In support of this mission, the Society advances nursing leadership and scholarship, and furthers the use of nursing research in health care delivery as well as public policy.
Alpha Alpha Sigma Chapter, Chapter Number 592 of Sigma: Global Nursing Excellence International Honors Society of Nursing
On May 1, 2021, the Sigma Board of Directors recommended and announced the chartering of AUHS chapter. American University of Health Sciences was chartered to become a Sigma Chapter, known as Alpha Alpha Sigma Chapter, chapter number 592 of Sigma. AUHS received its chapter’s coat-of-arms plaque, which symbolizes the ideals of Sigma and is inscribed with AUHS chapter’s name and chartering date and as a symbol of continued commitment to nursing excellence and the society’s purposes.
Sigma is an international community of nurses, dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, teaching, learning, and service through the cultivation of communities of practice, education, and research. Sigma has been recognizing and celebrating excellence in scholarship, leadership, and service within nursing and midwifery. The Society Sigma members are leaders at all levels of the healthcare industry and only extends its membership to students in baccalaureate or graduate level programs who have demonstrated superior academic achievement, academic integrity, and professional leadership potential and to nurse leader candidates exhibiting exceptional achievements in nursing https://www.sigmanursing.org/why- sigma/about-sigma.
To be eligible for membership; achieve academic excellence. For universities/institutions of higher education that use a 4.0 grade point average system to measure academic achievement, baccalaureate students must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0.
For more information of membership eligibility, please access https://www.sigmanursing.org/why-sigma/sigma-membership/apply- now/student-membership-criteria
Association for Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP)
Association for Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) is an international nonprofit association of over 20,000 professionals involved in clinical research. Founded in 1976, ACRP’s charter states that the “basic aim of the Society is to promote the dissemination of information, the exchange of ideas, and the development of educational experiences for the purpose of professional growth.” Today, over 30 years after its founding, ACRP remains a primary source of education, information, professional development, and networking for clinical research professionals.
ACRP welcomes clinical research professionals from a wide variety of organizations and roles. The Association provides the industry’s primary venue for professionals representing different industry segments and roles to exchange information and resources. ACRP Southern California Chapter was formed and operates on University campus.